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Biomechanical weathering and bioturbation effects due to trees growth and mortality and their root systems activity in the forested hillslope geomorphic domain - morphogenetic, pedogenetic and palaeogeographical implications.

2014/15/D/ST10/04123

Keywords:

biomechanical weathering biogenic transport tree uprooting forested hillslope tree roots pit-and-mound microtopography dynamic denudation dendrochronology radioisotope dating Sudetes Mts. Beskidy Mts.

Descriptors:

  • ST10_7: Geomorphology, cryosphere, global and regional changes of the Earth's landscape
  • ST10_13: Geoecosystem: atmosphere-morphosphere-lithosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, anthroposphere

Panel:

ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, Wydział Geograficzno-Biologiczny

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Łukasz Pawlik 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: SONATA 8 - announced on 2014-09-15

Amount awarded: 387 200 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-07-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-06-30

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. A study of the wood anatomy of Picea abies roots and their role in biomechanical weathering of rock cracks
    Authors:
    Malik Ireneusz, Pawlik Łukasz, Ślęzak Albert, Wistuba Małgorzata
    Academic press:
    Catena (rok: 2019, tom: 173, strony: 264-275), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  2. Biomechanical and biochemical effects recorded in the tree root zone - soil memory, historical contingency and soil evolution under trees
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Pavel Samonil
    Academic press:
    Plant and Soil (rok: 2018, tom: 426, strony: 109-134), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11104-018-3622-9 - link to the publication
  3. Geomorphic edge effects in response to abiotic and anthropogenic disturbances in forest ecosystems of the Gorce Mountains, Western Carpathians
    Authors:
    Pawlik Łukasz, Samonil Pavel, Malik Ireneusz, Kroh Paweł, Ślęzak Albert, Danek Pavel
    Academic press:
    Catena (rok: 2019, tom: 177, strony: 134-148), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.catena.2019.02.013 - link to the publication
  4. Regolith properties under trees and the biomechanical effects caused by tree root systems as recognized by Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)
    Authors:
    Pawlik Łukasz, Kasprzak Marek
    Academic press:
    Geomorphology (rok: 2018, tom: 300, strony: 45303), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  5. Roots, Rock, and Regolith: Biomechanical and Biochemical Weathering by Trees and its Impact on Hillslopes – A Critical Literature
    Authors:
    Pawlik Łukasz, Phillips Jonathan D., Samonil Pavel
    Academic press:
    Earth-Science Reviews (rok: 2016, tom: 159, strony: 142-159), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.06.002 - link to the publication
  6. Soil creep: the driving factors, evidence and significance for biogeomorphic and pedogenic domains and systems - A critical literature review
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Pavel Samonil
    Academic press:
    Earth-Science Reviews (rok: 2018, tom: 178, strony: 257-278), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.01.008 - link to the publication
  1. Life encroaching rocks - dendrogeomorphological evidence of biomechanical weathering caused by tree roots
    Authors:
    Łukasz Pawlik, Ireneusz Malik, Albert Ślęzak, Małgorzata Wistuba
    Conference:
    9th International Conference on Geomorphology (rok: 2017, ), Wydawca: Indian Institute of Geomorphologists
    Data:
    konferencja 6-11 listopada 2017
    Status:
    Published